Structural and functional aspects of liver sinusoidal endothelial cell fenestrae: A review

Comparative Hepatology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Braet, Filip ^a   Wisse, Eddie ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; LIVER CANCER; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER SINUSOID; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 2942603261     PISSN: 14765926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-5926-1-1     Document Type: Review

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